“And when they went, I heard the noise of their wings, like the noise of great waters, as the voice of the Almighty, the voice of speech, as the noise of an host: when they stood, they let down their wings.”
Creatures' wings sounded like Almighty's voice, like mighty waters or thunder—sensory translation of divine speech into overwhelming auditory terms. Multiple comparisons underscore no single image suffices for capturing sound exceeding all analogical language, forcing mind toward inadequacy of even exalted human concepts. Waters and thunder recall Sinai where God terrified Israel giving Law; Ezekiel's experience replicates primordial terror of unmediated divine voice. For exiles gathered around Ezekiel, overwhelming sound suggests divine word carries authority transcending mere human persuasion, partaking of voice moving cosmos at creation.
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